aposiopesis

Betekenis (Engels)

An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).

Sinonieme

automatism

averseness

loathness

unwillingness

Vertalings

réticence

Aposiopese

aposiopesi

reticencia

reticenza

aposiopèse

svogliatezza

reticentia

praecīsiō

onwil

reticéncia

hesitação

relutância

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌæpəsaɪəˈpiːsɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin aposiopesis, from Ancient Greek ἀποσιώπησις (aposiṓpēsis), from ἀποσιωπάω (aposiōpáō, “be silent”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + σιωπάω (siōpáō, “to be silent”).